this post is going to be all over the place but hear me out. i always thought it would be kinda funny if lucretia tried to enact her plan w the voidfish not knowing that everyone else had accidentally or unknowingly inoculated themselves, like
- magnus got some in his mouth when he went to give the voidfish a toy, and fell in the tank
- taako double dog dared barry to do a shot of “voidfish pee” so like, he had to, taako said to “do it for science,” which, come on, in that case how is he supposed to say no
in retaliation lup triple dog dared taako, who drank it because his pride was on the line
merle was inoculated because he came in afterwards, saw the glasses on the counter, said “aw, shit, are we doing shots? sweet!” and downed two before anyone could stop him
similarly, lup was inoculated when she decided that the voidfish juice might make a good hangover cure (it didn’t)
and of course davenport got a taste after magnus used some of the ichor in fisher’s tank to make slip ‘n slide on the deck of the ship on a particularly hot afternoon when the ac was out.
it’s hard to say if it happened when he slipped and fell, or if it was later that evening, when magnus apologized for the mess and then asked davenport to apologize for calling fisher an oversized jellyfish.
“you gotta, cap'n! you hurt their feelings!”
“okay, thank you! now give them a kiss, to show them you mean it!”
from the other room, lup called, “come on, dav! kiss that fish! kiss that fish!”
and so davenport, very long-sufferingly, obliged.)
anyways just picture it. lucretia gives fisher the journal. its contents are consumed. she watches this tearfully, thinking of hard choices, a world at war, and the love she has for her friends, who surely by this point can’t remember ever knowing her.
the door to her bedroom opens. magnus walks in, clutching a wooden duck. “hi lucy!” he says. “i made you - why are you crying? oh no, did you drop one of your journals into fisher’s tank? aw, don’t be sad, creesh, we’ll get you a new one!”
outside, she can hear merle crowing loudly as he wins another game of cards. “jeez, dav, that’s the third game in a row! how are you so bad at this!” taako and barry walk past her door, muttering to each other about leads on lup’s location.
like can u imagine the look on lucretia’s face
